# NTSB LAX83LA325: Cessna 152, N5262M, Carson City, NV, July 7, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 7, 1983, 11:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Carson City, NV
- Coordinates: 39.140342, -119.709289 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1403&lon=-119.7093&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 23781
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83LA325
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/23781/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA325

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, landing
  - preflight planning/preparation - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - supervision - inadequate, flight instructor(on ground) (cause)
  - weather evaluation - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - inadequate training, flight instructor(on ground) (cause)
  - weather condition - crosswind (cause)
  - weather condition - gusts (cause)
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (cause)
  - aborted landing - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - go-around - initiated, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Hard landing, landing
- Nose over, landing

## Analysis

THE STUDENT PILOT SAID CROSSWIND GUSTS BLEW THE ACFT TO THE RIGHT OF THE RWY JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. ELECTING A GO-AROUND, THE PILOT SAID HE WAS INTO INITIAL CLIMB WHEN THE ACFT LOST AIRSPEED, BOUNDED OFF THE GROUND INTO A STALL, LANDED ON THE NOSE GEAR AND NOSED OVER. ON RENOS 1054 SURFACE OBSERVATION THE WINDS WERE REPORTED FROM 210 DEGREES AT 21 KTS WITH GUSTS TO 29 KTS. CESSNA LISTS THE FACTORY DEMONSTRATED CROSSWIND COMPONENT OF THE CESSNA 150/152 SERIES DURING LANDING AS 13 KTS. THE STUDENT WAS ENDORSED FOR SOLO BUT THE EXACT NATURE OF THE SOLO PRIVILEGES WERE NOT ASCERTAINED BECAUSE REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT HIS FLT INSTRUCTOR WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N5262M (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 152
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 15284509
- Airframe hours: 356
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-L2C 110 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Registered owner: Robert Stanco & Jack Austin
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, June 7, 1983, 52 hours before
- Departed: RNO, RENO, NV
- Airport: 004, Carson City, runway 27, 5,900 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 24; student; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 29 total, 29 in this make and model, 2 as pilot in command, 29 in the last 90 days, 12 in the last 30 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 210° at 21 knots, gusting 29
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 77 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: RNO, 18 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830707030859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830707030859A), Jul 7, 1983: Cessna 152, Carson City, NV, Substantial damage. Ballooned on crosswind landing. Drifted off runway. Tried to go around. Lost control. Hit ground and flipped over.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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